First Great Eastern Railway Reviews

First Great Eastern became One in 2004 and a new service was created running between Norwich and London Liverpool Street and all intervening stations in between. Having commuted from Ipswich to Liverpool Street for years I have to say that generally they are fairly good. For around £5000 a year you get a season ticket allowing you on ...  Read the complete review

All of my life I have lived a train ride away from London. Working from the age of 16, I have spent the best part of 9 years travelling to and from the City to get to work. Fortunately for me I learnt to drive when I was 17, and for some time was able to avoid the Connex-controlled route from my old town of Welling to London Bridge. ...  Read the complete review

I always thought that when you buy a train ticket that you were purchasing a seat on a train. First Great Eastern obviously think differently. First Great Eastern run train services between London, Southend, Ipswich, Harwich and Clacton plus a couple of smaller branch lines. First Great Eastern itself was formed with privatisation in the ...  Read the complete review

First Great Eastern have served east anglia well, they provide fast frequent, reliable sevices between london and ipswich. Their trains are fairly modern and usually clean. The service as a whole is probably the best on which i have travelled on. The company has new trains just in and they are fitted with mod cons such as air conditioning ...  Read the complete review

I use First Great Eastern trains most weekends. The reason is that I live in SE London. My mates live around Hornchurch/Ilford, so I normally go drinking in these areas. After a heavy(ish) evening`s boozing session I require a late train home. To commence with, I catch a train from Stratford,the early evening service is frequent and reliable with ...  Read the complete review